Scholastic, the US publishers of the Harry Potter novels, have released some new artwork for the paperback of Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone Thanks to TLC reader Beth, we can now see a scan of the new cover art that shows Hagrid, Ollivander and Harry. This paperback edition of the first Harry Potter novel is currently being sold through book sales at schools here in the US. We hope to have a larger image soon, and will update with that as soon as we can.
Wow, i like that cover a lot better then the original cover. Then again i hate all of the covers of the first four books. They are terrible. It is almost as if the covers got better as they went along. DH has the best cover. I only bought the last three in hardback because i couldn’t stand to own hardbacks of the first four.
I agree; I love this so much more than the original cover. It’s very dynamic and tells a story. The original covers, up until the Half-Blood Prince, are too cartoonish.
I really like the new cover art and how the opening curtains match the closing curtains on DH cover. I’ve always disliked the covers of the 1st 3 books, hopefully those will be done over, if not CoS and PoA are going to REALLY look out of place.
I don’t know whether I like this one or not. I really like the cover art for the 10th Anniversary Edition, and have to wonder whey they don’t use that. And why are they releasing another paper back edition anyway? It’s been out in paperback since 1999 when I started reading it. Just seems a bit odd.
Eeyore, there have always been new editions of books often with new artwork covers. The reason, I imagine is to offer a fresh look or re-imagination etc. I cant even begin to count the number of different Narnia paperback editions I have seen for example. I have 3 different cover sets, one set looking extremely old and read since I was little, the next set I bought to read again, and another set I bought later because I loved the covers! I think its fab they do this. 10 years for Philospher’s Stone also sounds about the right time to release a new look edition.
Posted by Professor Potter on September 30, 2008, 09:21 AM
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i love mary grandpre’s art, but for me the original covers are the only option. i’m pretty attached to them. the new ones look a little less magical to me.
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yea 1st comment! i want a new harry potter book! with an awsome cover…. im heading over to scholastic!